Physical, athletic, combative, closing space!!

[Stonigut]

How many times did we hear that throughout the Espn telecast, Spain had 55 plus percent possession but guess what, they lost 3-0 and Brasil brought the fight, that is all Ian looking for in jamaica. Spain has the better players but Brasil played with more intensity and is more athletic, there is a way to beat superior skilled sides with athleticism and a good game plan, we saw that today.

I felt the vibe just from brazil singing the anthem.

[Assasin]

good game but you know what? If Spain had win you would come here talking bout passing and ball possession so we can't win.

[Willi]

Neymar was the best playerb on the pitch!

[Stonigut]

No, follow my posts, Jamaica cannot play that spain style now maybe never, it takes a very long time to develop that style. I have always emphasized exactly what we saw yesterday, physical, combative, closing space, shutdown defensive style with rapid counter attack via versatile core central players and speedy skillful flank players. We have the raw material for all that. Remember how France shutdown brazil in 2006.

[Stonigut]

I agree with that, definitely yesterday for sure.

[Karl]

It may not take us as long as you think.

I was introduced to the total football - pass and move/move and pass attack and entire TEAM defense in 1958 & 1959 by the Arthur MacKenzie trained StGC TEAM. That team had 'a million players' of Chinese descent. 'Dynamite' Lyn, etc.

...then out of StGC came the Winston Chung-Fah/Winthorp "Jackie" Bell Santos Football Club...with similar short-passing buzzing around.

The teams had players showing high technical and tactical awareness...but for today's that type play was too slow. Those players do not have the explosiveness, pace, quickness of actions...or indeed the physical strength of players on the modern teams.

*The St George Old Boys Division 1 team played a similar game...but those men always had at least 1 indisciplined bruckie boo on the team...the one extremely stupid player -- super brukie-boo - I remembered is Lascleve "Muggy" Graham. Superb technical skills but equally incredible anti-TEAM play. He would at times bruck the entire opposing set of players...and then start the process again without bring one team-mate into working with him...or at least so it seemed to em.

[Stonigut]

Hahaha Karl that is seriously funny, I will have to share that if you dont mind. I wont call any names.

[Stonigut]

I meant the part on Mr. Graham

[Karl]

Hahaha Karl that is seriously funny, I will have to share that if you dont mind. I wont call any names.

Seriously my friend - He made me at first mad. Then I realized he was 'funny-type' clown so I watched many of his games with a puzzled smile on my face...then still later with disgust!

[Mosiah]

Stoni, no one has a problem with that but Brazil also had players who could pass the damn ball!

[Muadib]

lol ! woiee !